We've always had strategic recruiting, trying to keep players from going to rivals and hurting us down the road. In this era, it seems easier to achieve this - making a last minute offer to a player to leave a rival hanging in an area of key roster need. So, recruit to make our team the best, and weaken rivals.
It reminds me of one my favorite New Yorker cartoons:
It reminds me of one my favorite New Yorker cartoons:
